The Resource Finding John Rae, Alice Jane Hamilton
Finding John Rae, Alice Jane Hamilton
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The item Finding John Rae, Alice Jane Hamilton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- This creative nonfiction biography of the celebrated Arctic explorer Dr. John Rae begins in 1854 when, on a mapping expedition to the Boothia Peninsula, Rae discovers the missing link in the Northwest Passage. On the same trip, a chance encounter with an Inuit hunter leads him to uncover the tragic fate that befell the officers and crew of the long-missing Franklin Expedition when, starving on the ice, they resorted to cannibalism. When the Scottish-born scientist and Hudson's Bay Company Chief Factor reports the shocking details about the men's demise to the British Admiralty, he is publicly belittled by such well-known Victorian society figures as the novelist Charles Dickens and Sir John Franklin's widow, Jane. From then on, Rae's life becomes a restless journey of soaring hope and bitter disappointment, as he attempts to restore his good reputation with the British public, defend the integrity of the Arctic natives who brought him detailed testimony about the evidence of cannibalism, and rebuild his shattered identity. Rae's search for what has been lost takes him to Hamilton, Lower Canada, across Rupert's Land to the Pacific Coast, to the Faroe Islands, across Greenland, and then finally home to the Orkney Islands where yet another turn of events catches him by surprise
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Finding John Rae
- Title
- Finding John Rae
- Statement of responsibility
- Alice Jane Hamilton
- Subject
-
- Arctic Regions
- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration | British
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- Biographies
- Canada
- Creative nonfiction
- Creative nonfiction
- Discovery and exploration, British
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Hudson's Bay Company -- Biography
- Inuit -- Canada -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Inuit -- Social life and customs
- 1800-1899
- Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration | British
- Rae, John, 1813-1893
- Rae, John, 1813-1893
- Rae, John, 1813-1893 -- Travel -- Arctic regions
- Scotland
- Surgeons
- Surgeons -- Scotland -- Biography
- Travel
- John Franklin Arctic Expedition, 1845-1851
- Arctic Ocean -- Northwest Passage
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This creative nonfiction biography of the celebrated Arctic explorer Dr. John Rae begins in 1854 when, on a mapping expedition to the Boothia Peninsula, Rae discovers the missing link in the Northwest Passage. On the same trip, a chance encounter with an Inuit hunter leads him to uncover the tragic fate that befell the officers and crew of the long-missing Franklin Expedition when, starving on the ice, they resorted to cannibalism. When the Scottish-born scientist and Hudson's Bay Company Chief Factor reports the shocking details about the men's demise to the British Admiralty, he is publicly belittled by such well-known Victorian society figures as the novelist Charles Dickens and Sir John Franklin's widow, Jane. From then on, Rae's life becomes a restless journey of soaring hope and bitter disappointment, as he attempts to restore his good reputation with the British public, defend the integrity of the Arctic natives who brought him detailed testimony about the evidence of cannibalism, and rebuild his shattered identity. Rae's search for what has been lost takes him to Hamilton, Lower Canada, across Rupert's Land to the Pacific Coast, to the Faroe Islands, across Greenland, and then finally home to the Orkney Islands where yet another turn of events catches him by surprise
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hamilton, Alice Jane
- Dewey number
- 917.1904/1092
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- G635.R25
- LC item number
- H36 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Rae, John
- Rae, John
- John Franklin Arctic Expedition
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Arctic regions
- Northwest Passage
- Inuit
- Surgeons
- Rae, John
- Hudson's Bay Company
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Discovery and exploration, British
- Inuit
- Surgeons
- Travel
- Arctic Ocean
- Arctic Regions
- Canada
- Scotland
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Finding John Rae, Alice Jane Hamilton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 963394083
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781553804833
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)963394083
- Label
- Finding John Rae, Alice Jane Hamilton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 963394083
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781553804833
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)963394083
Subject
- Arctic Regions
- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration | British
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- Biographies
- Canada
- Creative nonfiction
- Creative nonfiction
- Discovery and exploration, British
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Hudson's Bay Company -- Biography
- Inuit -- Canada -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Inuit -- Social life and customs
- 1800-1899
- Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration | British
- Rae, John, 1813-1893
- Rae, John, 1813-1893
- Rae, John, 1813-1893 -- Travel -- Arctic regions
- Scotland
- Surgeons
- Surgeons -- Scotland -- Biography
- Travel
- John Franklin Arctic Expedition, 1845-1851
- Arctic Ocean -- Northwest Passage
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